Meat shortages trigger hoarding and price spikes nationwide
The nation faces higher prices and limited supplies at meat counters as shortages prompt shoppers to stock up. Cattle rustling and theft of meat shipments rise in the South and East while Shultz keeps retail beef freezes through Sept 12. some cities cap purchases and demand substitutions.
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Washington
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nick DiDonato
Portland
Maine
U.S
Windsor
Ont
Detroit Area
Canada
Marvin Gersten
New York City
Charlotte
N.C
Warehouse Food Stores Inc
Kansas City
Helen Papaleorge
Milwaukee
Georgia
John Robinson
Cattleman’s Association
Augusta
South Dakota
Clark County
Joe Hulscher
Pittsburgh
David Evans
Wisconsin Meat Co
Seattle
Betty Furness
Joan Sheets
Los Angeles
Women United For Action
Sue Breitenback
Spacewalkers Work Over Troubled Skylab
Spacewalking astronauts Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott left the Skylab cabin to install a sun shade load film in telescope cameras and inspect wiring steering rockets and a radiator while Alan Bean stayed aboard to guide and assist. They aimed to uncover causes of cooling and power problems as they orbited 271 miles above the earth.
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Houston
Jack R. Lousma
Owen K. Garriott
Alan L. Bean
Mission Control
Lousma and Garriott
Orbiting Laboratory
Apollo
Coleman Camper Jamboree Blends Business And Fun
The Coleman Camp trailer jamboree at Seven Springs draws about 900 attendees from across the United States. Dealers and families discuss gas shortages potential impact on camping and production plans at the Somerset plant with visits scheduled to the Somerset facility.
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T.E
Buck’ Heffler
Ree-Vee Inc
Greenboro
N.C Springs
Coleman Company
Cooper
Robert R. Cooper
Division
Somerset Plant
Coleman Camper
Howard Hall
American County
Coleman
Seven Springs
Coleman Co
United States
Herb Ebendorf
Wichita
Kansas
the American
Ebendorf
Mesa
Ariz
Somerset
Minuteman
Sheldon Coleman
Lawrence Jones
Somerset Area School Board Approves School Year Financing
At a Monday meeting the Somerset Area School Board authorized borrowing 200 000 for August and 472 000 for September to pay upcoming bills. A new resolution tightens student record confidentiality requiring written parental or eligible student consent. Leonard Mosteller won the garbage collection contract with per day rates set at 6 50 for Maple Ridge Friedens and 12 per day for several schools and 6 for Sipesville elementary. Cafeteria prices may rise with projected 45 55 and 65 cent increments for elementary secondary and adult meals, and full time cafeteria wage increases to 2 per hour from 180.
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Somerset Area School Board
Leonard Mosteller
Friedens Wa
Maple Ridge
Friedens
Somerset
Union Street
Patriot Street
Sipesville
Seminar Eyes Fuel Use Cutback In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg announces a August 22 seminar for about 250 large firms in Pennsylvania to cut fuel needs. Gov. Shapp says these companies consume roughly 40 percent of the state's energy and could yield up to a five percent reduction in total fuel consumption.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Flood Area Improvements Proposed in State Budget
Somerset Borough seeks state funds for channel work on Coxes Creek East Branch and Parson's Run to prevent floods. Project in Senate Bill 791 would cost 283000 dollars after years of rising costs and prior funding proposals. HUD engineer review and local officials urge residents and lawmakers to support SB791.
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Parson’s Run
Somerset
State Department of Environmental Resources
DER
Governor
General Assembly
Senate
Parson's Run
Department of Housing and Urban Devlopment
HUD
Somerset Borough
William E. Duffield
Kenneth S. Halverson
Farm Page Delayed in Somerset County Edition
The Daily American reports the weekly Farm Page is missing from today's issue and will appear in Wednesday's edition. Readers are advised to check the Wednesday issue for the farming news feature.
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Somerset County
Daily American
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